What's That We See in Colorado Springs? Did the James Webb Telescope Return to Earth?
10 Apr 2024, 07:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Northrop Grumman announced it is donating a full-size replica of the James Webb Space Telescope to the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs
America Readies a Deep Dive, Long-Range Underwater Drone Called Manta Ray, This Is It
9 Apr 2024, 15:51 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Northrop Grumman says it completed its uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) called Manta Ray, test possible this year
U.S. Navy Fires Missile to Shoot Down Its Own Ballistic Missile During Test in Hawaii
1 Apr 2024, 11:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy and a number of three defense contractors tested the Aegis Weapons system and the SM-6 missile against a ballistic threat in Hawaii
DARPA Is Considering Putting Trains on the Moon, Needs Someone to Build It a Railway First
21 Mar 2024, 09:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Research agency DARPA tasked aerospace company Northrop Grumman with looking into the merits, risks, and costs of a lunar railway network.
This Is the Stage Three Solid Rocket Motor for America's Next Ballistic Missile Hunter
11 Mar 2024, 11:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman says it is ready to test fire the the first stage three solid rocket motor for the new missile interceptor.
This Is the First Major Component of the Space Launch System Block 2 Mars Rocket
27 Feb 2024, 11:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Northrop Grumman shows the first view of the completed Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension for the Space Launch System Block 2 rocket
U.S. Performs More Tests on Sentinel ICBM, Missile Shaping Up to Be a True Detterent
21 Feb 2024, 09:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced the completion of a new series of tests on the upcoming Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missiles
U.S. Navy Playing With Mobile Ground Stations to Deliver Any Data, Anywhere, Anytime
18 Jan 2024, 08:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman is working on a mobile ground station that can be integrated in the Joint All-Domain Command and Control system
U.S. Fires Sentinel ICBM's Stage Two Rocket Engine for the First Time
17 Jan 2024, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman announced it conducted a static fire test of the rocket motor that will power America's new ICBM missile
Longest Single-Segment Rocket Boosters Just Took Off and the World Barely Noticed Them
8 Jan 2024, 12:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket that sent the Peregrine lander to the Moon on January 8 was equipped with the new Northrop Grumman SRBs
Northrop Grumman Builds a New Solid Rocket Motor in Less Than a Year, Fires It Up
11 Dec 2023, 07:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman is running an R&D program called SMART Demo that allowed it to make a new rocket motor in less than a year
There's a New 230,000 Pounds of Thrust Rocket Engine in Town, Miranda Will Power Antares
29 Nov 2023, 13:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Aerospace company Firefly Aerospace announced the completion of the first hot fire test on a new rocket engine called Miranda
America Flies First New Nuclear Bomber in Ages, B-21 Raider Sheds More of Its Secrets
12 Nov 2023, 00:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The B-21 Raider, the nuclear bomber currently being assembled by Northrop Grumman, had its first flight last week, so a little more details about it are here
Cygnus Spacecraft to Dock with Future Starlab Inflatable Space Station on Its Own
9 Oct 2023, 07:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Voyager Space announced it selected the Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft to supply the STarlab space station, an autonomous docking system is needed
USAF Blows $705 Million on New Air-to-Ground Attack Weapon, Northrop Grumman to Make It
26 Sep 2023, 07:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $705 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop the Stand-In Attack Weapon by 2026
MQ-4C Triton, U.S. Navy's Only High-Flying ISR Drone, Declared Fit for Duty
19 Sep 2023, 07:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / U.S. Navy declared initial operating capability (IOC) for the MQ-4C Triton, allowing it to put the piece of hardware to hard use from now on
B-21 Raider Nuclear Bomber Shines in Fresh Photos, New Details Reveal Development Stage
19 Sep 2023, 06:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF shows new pics and Northrop Grumman spills new details on the development process for the B-21 Raider nuclear bomber
America's New B-21 Raider Nuclear Bomber Begins Engine Runs, Plane Shot Out in the Open
13 Sep 2023, 05:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Northrop Grumman takes the new B-21 Raider nuclear bomber out for a spin at its California facility, first photo of the plane under the sky
USAF Beams Mission Data Directly Into a Flying B-2 Spirit Using New Tech
10 Aug 2023, 10:44 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USAF and Northrop Grumman are testing new digital communications solutions for the B-2 Spirit bomber, successful tests conducted
NASA's Dreams of a Low-Earth Orbit Economy Will Be Fueled by These 7 Companies
19 Jun 2023, 13:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / NASA named seven companies on which it will rely in the near future to advance its goals of having a true orbital economy.